Statement from Federation of Irish Sport regarding Sports Capital Grants Announcement
Thursday 30th November 2017 The Federation of Irish Sport is delighted to welcome the announcement of the many facilities both new and existing that are to be supported by the Sports Capital Grants which the Government has announced today. We are particularly pleased...
Federation of Irish Sport Pre Budget Submission – Irish Sport does Matter
The Federation of Irish Sport released its pre-budget submission. In the submission the Federation is calling on the Government to look at the 10 points below. IMMEDIATE INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR NATIONAL SPORTING ORGANISATIONS & LSPs MORE CERTAINITY IN FUTURE...
Annual Review of Irish Sport 2016 launched
The Federation of Irish Sport is delighted to announce that our Annual Review 2016 was officially released today (Friday, 16th December). The Review, which was penned and published by the Federation of Irish Sport, provides a thorough overview of the wide and varied...
Federation of Irish Sport Calls For Transparency from Olympic Council of Ireland
The Federation of Irish Sport, the representative body for the majority of Ireland’s national Olympic sporting organisations, is calling for transparency from the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) today (Thursday, 27th October 2016) ahead of its Executive Board Meeting...
Irish Sport United in Disappointment on 2017 Sport Ireland Funding Level
Budget 2017 confirmed that Sport Ireland funding, which supports the participation and high performance programmes of 74 National Sports Organisations and 26 Local Sports Partnerships as well as Coaching Ireland, the Institute of Sport, the National Sports Campus and...
Irish Ice Hockey Association Accepted as a Member of Sport Ireland
The Irish Ice Hockey Association (IIHA) has announced their recent submission for membership of Sport Ireland has been successful.A member of the Federation of Irish Sport, the IIHA submitted the application to the Board of Sport Ireland through their Eligibility...
Statement from the Federation of Irish Sport regarding Ireland’s Olympic Team
Media Release - Statement Friday 26th August, 2016 As the representative body for the National Governing Bodies of sport (NGBs) in Ireland, we feel it is important to put the achievements of our Olympic team into perspective. Despite the various controversies that...
Irish sport made huge strides at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Now that the curtain has drawn on Rio 2016, Irish sport can reflect on what has been a largely successful Olympic Games for Team Ireland, writes James Galvin. We have had some wonderful achievements at these Games. Many of our athletes broke national records and...
James Galvin – Gary Keegan will be a “huge loss” to Irish sport
CEO of the Federation of Irish Sport James Galvin has described Gary Keegan's resignation as a "huge loss" to Irish sport, while also wishing him all the best in his new business venture. Sport Ireland announced today that Keegan will be stepping down as the Director...
Shauna McIntyre is the Federation’s newest Director
The Manager of the Dublin City Sport & Wellbeing Partnership, Shauna McIntyre, has been selected as the latest addition to the Federation of Irish Sport's Board of Directors. Her election was ratified at the Federation's Annual General Meeting, which took place at...
Activities Report 2015 – 2016
The Federation of Irish Sport's Activities Report 2015-2016 was released today (Wednesday, 27th July) at the company's Annual General Meeting. The report provides a detailed account of the Federation's activities over the past 12 months since last year's AGM. To view...
The Federation welcomes LawOnline as our newest Preferred Supplier
The Federation of Irish Sport is delighted to welcome LawOnline on board as our newest Preferred Supplier. LawOnline is a new legal service for individuals and businesses. In brief, it allows individuals and businesses to draft highly bespoke legal documents online...
Archived News
Irish shine at European Youth Olympic Festival
The pool and the track provided a fantastic medal haul for the Irish contingent at the European Youth Olympic Festival. Rhasidat Adeleke and Molly Mayne brought home thre medals between them. Adeleke took gold in both the 100m and 200m finals while Mayne won a bronze...
Ireland qualifies for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing regatta
Following the final two races at the Laser Radial World Championship this morning (Wednesday 24 July 2019 - Sakaiminato, Japan), Ireland has qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing regatta in the women’s single-handed event. The berth was secured by Lough Derg...
Federation of Irish Sport announce three-year partnership with Future Ticketing
The Federation of Irish Sport is delighted to announce Future Ticketing as its latest partner. The cloud-based ticketing provider have signed a three-year deal with the Federation. The partnership is the latest in a suite of partners that offer essential services to...
Federation of Irish Sport partners with Investec to evaluate economic impact of sport in Ireland
Research to evaluate value of sport to the economy first major evaluation study since 2010 Irish sports industry supports 40,000 jobs, stimulates €1.9 billion in household spending, and generates €1 billion in tourism receipts each year The Federation of Irish...
GymEDGE
GymEDGE is a sports coach development programme that uses core fundamental gymnastics skills and training techniques to build the complete athlete or player. GymEDGE is for any coach, from any sport, with any ability, who is interested in making their athletes or...
Ireland Roster Announced for Women’s European Championship
DUBLIN, IRELAND – Ireland Lacrosse has announced its roster for the Women’s Senior National Team, which is set to compete in the ELF European Championship, in Netanya, Israel from 16-25 July 2019. The Ireland team enters the tournament ranked 5th in Europe. The Green...
Freelancer Niamh Griffin wins the monthly Investec 20×20 Media Award
Freelancer Niamh Griffin wins the monthly Investec 20x20 Media Award with feature on the emerging importance of PE for sports participation for teenage girls Niamh Griffin is the Investec 20x20 Media Awards winner for the month of June. Niamh is a freelance...
Rowing Ireland launches Greenblades
Rowing Ireland has launched their funding initiative Greenblades 10/07/19 Rowing Ireland has launched Greenblades, this new initiative has been created to help fund the Junior, Under 23 and Developmental Teams by means of donations. Currently, developmental rowers...
Sport Ireland and The Federation of Irish Sport are latest members to join the Alliance for Insurance Reform in fight against crippling insurance costs
Press release – 10 July 2019 Ireland’s sports organisations call for urgent reform of the insurance sector The Alliance for Insurance Reform, the group which brings together representative bodies from the not-for-profit, charity, sports and small and medium-sized...
Sport Ireland Publishes 2018 Local Sports Partnerships Annual Report
Sport Ireland Media Release 28th June 2019 For Immediate Release Sport Ireland Publishes 2018 Local Sports Partnerships Annual Report Sport Ireland today published the 12th annual Sport Ireland Local Sports Partnerships Annual Report on the national network of...